Sharon Huws
Queen's University Belfast
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Sharon Huws, PhD Education and Training 1995-1998: BSc (Hons) 2.1. Zoology, Bangor University, UK 1998-1999: MSc Parasitology and Medical Entomology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, UK 2000-2003: PhD in Microbiology, Manchester University, UK 2012: Fellow of the Higher Education Academy Employment History 2017-present: Reader in Animal Science, Queens University, Belfast, UK 2015-2017: Senior Lecturer in Animal Science, IBERS, Aberystwyth University, UK 2012-2015: Lecturer in Animal Science, IBERS, Aberystwyth University, UK 2004-2012: Principal Investigator: Rumen Microbiology, IGER/IBERS, Aberystwyth University, UK 2002-2004: Post-doctoral Research Scientist (Microbiology), Bath University, UK 1999-2000: Food Microbiologist, Eurofins Scientific, Merseyside, UK Awards and Honors 2017-present: Editor-in-chief of the journal ‘Animal Microbiome’ a sister journal to ‘Microbiome’. 2017-2018: Senior Editor for the journal ‘Animal’. 2016-2018: Research topic editor for the journal ‘Frontiers in Microbiology’. 2014-2017: Associate Editor for the journal ‘Animal’. 2014-present: Chair of the Global Research Alliance, ‘Rumen Microbial Genomics Network’. 2014-2017: Special Visiting Fellowship, Universidade Federal de Maringa, Parana state, Brazil. Research Interests My research is focussed on understanding microbiomes, and especially in the context of understanding the role that the rumen microbiome plays in ruminant food security. Coupled with understanding microbiomes for societal gain, I am also interested in understanding the evolutionary drivers of antimicrobial resistance and exploiting microbiomes for industrial biotechnology purposes, with a focus on novel antimicrobial discovery. My main ecosystem of interest is the rumen microbiome, with over 20 years of experience in understanding this microbiome. Funding track record (last 3 years and not including PhD studentships) 2018: 10.9 million euros EU Horizon2020 grant on microbiomes underpinning food production (Project acronym: MASTER) (4 years). Role; Workpackage leader. 2017: 1.5 million euros EU funded ERA-NET gas collaborative project (3 years). Role: PI 2017: £50,000 DFE-GCRF (6 months). Role: PI 2016: £75,000 Life Science Wales Bridging Fund Project Grant (1 year). Role: PI 2016: £900,000 BBSRC GCRF Tools and Capacity Grant (9 months). Role: Co-I 2015: £268,000 RCUK-Newton Brazil Institutional Link Grant (2.5 years). Role: PI 2015: 3,490,000 Welsh government funded Beacon Biorefining Platform (5 years). Role: Co-I 2014: £250,000 BBSRC India Link (2 years). Role: Co-I 2014: £50,000 BBSRC Brazil Partnering Award (4 years). Role: PI 2014: £50,000 Life Science Research Network Wales Project Grant (1 year). Role: PI 2014: £60,000 Welsh government funded A4B industrial partnership (9 months). Role: PI Patents UK Patent Application No: 1101464.4 “Composition and Method for Improving the Quality of Milk” Reference: P170383G-GB/MS/KB UK Patent Application No: 1216482.8 “Novel lipases” reference: P170841L-GB/GJL/CK UK Patent Application No: GB1621737.4 “Compositions and Methods of Treatment” reference: P33618GB1/SNB Relevant recent peer reviewed publications: Huws et al., (2018). Addressing global ruminant agricultural challenges through understanding the rumen microbiome: Past, present and future. Frontiers in Microbiolology. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.02161. Elliott C, Edwards JE, Wilkinson TJ, Allison GG, Scott M, Rees-Stevens P, Kingston-Smith AH, Huws SA (2018). Using multi-omic approaches to compare temporal bacterial colonisation of Lolium perenne, Lotus corniculatus and Trifolium pratense in the rumen. Frontiers in Microbiolology. doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2018.02184 Wilkinson TJ, Huws SA, Edwards JE, Kingston-Smith AH, Siu-Ting K, Hughes M, Rubino F, Friedersdorff M, Creevey CJ. (2018) CowPI: A Rumen microbiome focussed version of the PICRUSt functional Inference software. Frontiers in Microbiolology 25:9, 1095. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.01095. Scollan ND, Price EM, Morgan SA, Huws SA, Shingfield KJ (2017) Can we improve the nutritional quality of meat? Proceedings of the Nutrition Society 76(4):603-618. doi: 10.1017/S0029665117001112. Oyama LB, Girdwood SE, Cookson A, Fernandez-Fuentes N, Privé F, Wilkinson T, Lundy F, Mansour S, Hancock, RE, Golyshin P, Golyshina O, Mikut R, Hilpert K, Edwards JE, Creevey C, Huws SA. (2017) The rumen microbiome: An untapped goldmine for novel antimicrobial discovery. Nature Publishing Journal Biofilms and Microbiomes 3:33. Doi:10.1038/s41522-017-0042-1. Wilkinson T Cowan AA, Vallin HE, Onime L, Oyama L, Cameron SJ, Gonot C, Moorby J, Waddams K, Theobald V, Leemans D, Bowra S, Nixey C, Huws SA. (2017) Characterisation of the turkey microbiome along the gastrointestinal tract of growing turkeys. Frontiers in microbiology. 2;8:1089. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.01089. Cameron SJS, Lewis KE, Huws SA, Hegarty MJ, Lewis PD, Mur LAJ, Pachebat,JA. (2017) Metagenomics of lung cancer microbiome suggests Granulicatella adiacens as a biomarker for status and stage. PLOS One 25;12(5):e0177062. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0177062. Mayorga OL, Kingston-Smith AH, Kim EJ, Allison G, Wilkinson TJ, Hegarty MJ, Theodorou, MK, Newbold CJ, Huws, SA. (2016) A functional metagenomic and metabolomic understanding of primary and secondary colonisation of fresh perennial ryegrass within the rumen. Frontiers in microbiology 18: 1854. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2016.01854. Cameron SJS, Lewis KE, Huws SA, Lin W, Hegarty MJ, Lewis PD, Mur LA, Pachebat JA. (2016) Metagenomic sequencing of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease upper bronchial tract microbiome reveals functional changes associated with disease severity. PLOS One 11: e0149095. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0149095. Huws SA, Edwards JE, Creevey CJ, Rees Stevens P, Lin W, Girdwood SE, Pachebat JA, Kingston-Smith AH. (2016) Temporal dynamics of the metabolically active rumen bacteria colonizing fresh perennial ryegrass. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 92: pii: fiv137. doi: 10.1093/femsec/fiv137 Cameron SJS, Huws SA, Hegarty MJ, Smith DP, Mur LA. (2015) The human salivary microbiome exhibits temporal stability in bacterial diversity. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 91: pii: fiv091. doi:1093/femsec/fiv091. Privé F, Kaderbhai NN, Golyshina OV, Golyshin PN, Scollan ND, Newbold CJ, Huws SA. (2015) Novel lipases isolated from a bovine rumen metagenome. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 99:5475-5485. doi: 10.1007/s00253-014-6355-6. Huws SA, Kim EJ, Cameron, S. J. S., Girdwood, S. E., Davies, L., Tweed, J., Vallin, H., Scollan, N. D. (2015) Characterization of the rumen lipidome and microbiome of steers fed a diet supplemented with flax and echium oil. Microbial Biotechnology. doi: 10.1111/1751-7915.12164.